710 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



Land, Hereditaments and Premises above mentioned, meant or intended to be 

 hereby granted and released, and every Part and Parcel thereof, with the Appur- 

 tenances, (except as before is excepted,) unto the said Benjamin Smith, Caleb 

 Fowler and Joseph Sutton, and their Associates, their Heirs and Assigns, to the 

 only proper use and behoof of the said Benjamin Smith, Caleb Fowler and Joseph 

 Sutton, and their Associates and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, as Ten- 

 ants in common, and not as Joint-tenants. And, Whereas seven thousand acres 

 of the above Tract of Land is now supposed to be in the possession of the Inhabit- 

 ants of Bedford new purchase, and is above excepted out of this Release, and the 

 Parties to these Presents of the Second Part have before purchased the Rights of 

 John Cholwell and Robert Waters, and one-half of the Right of Richard Slater, 

 three of the said Patentees, supposed to contain Eight thousand, acres more, and 

 of some of the other Patentees or others, claiming under them four thousand 

 seven hundred acres more. Now, therefore, the said Levinus Clarkson and Anne 

 Clarkson, by the said David Clarkson, their Attorney for themselves and their 

 Heirs, the said one full and equal undivided Tenth Part of the remaining Part of 

 the said Tract of Land and Premises in and by the said Letters Patent grauted, 

 supposed to contain about twelve thousand, three hundred acres, be it more or 

 less, against them, the said Levinus Clarkson and Anne Clarkson, and their Heirs, 

 and against all and every other Person and Persons whomsoever claiming by, 

 from or under them, or either of them, or under their Rather, Matthew Clarkson, 

 one of the said Patentees to the said Parties of the second part, and to their re- 

 spective Heirs and Assigns forever, shall, and will warrant and forever defend by 

 these Presents. In testimony whereof the Parties to these Presents have here- 

 unto interchangeably set their Hands and Seals the day and year first above writ- 

 ten. Ann Claekson, 



David Clarkson, Attorney for by her Attorney, David Clarkson. 



Levinus and Ann Clarkson. 



Levinus Clarkson, 

 by Jus Attorney, David Clarkson, 



In 1766, a partition of the middle and west patent took place, (in 

 pursuance of an act of the Lieutenant-Governor, the Council and General 

 Assembly of the colony of New York, passed on the eighth day of Jan- 

 uary, 1762,) "for the more effectual collecting of his majesty's quit-rents." 

 Upon the 23d day of June, 1766, the several allotments were balloted 

 for, and sold to numerous individuals. 



Upon the 21st of April, 1769, occurs a release between Caleb Fowler 

 and Joseph Sutton, both of the West Patent of North Castle of the first 

 part, and Benjamin Smith of the same of the second part, which release 

 recites Patent of 14th of February, 1701, to Robert Walters and others 

 and thus continues : 



"Know ye that we the above named, Caleb Fowler, Joseph Sutton and Ben- 

 jamin Smith, did make a purehase of a great part of the above said tract of land 

 as by a general release may appear bearing date the seventh day of June, one 



a County Rec. Book H, p. 310. 



